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Psychology & Counselling Courses with ACS Distance Education - ACS Distance Education. ACS is an internationally recognised college offering courses in psychology, counselling and psychological biology; from short courses to 3 year (or longer) qualifications including certificates and diplomas. Our courses are unique in that they are totally by distance education and may be undertaken from any location in the world. We offer a wide range of courses including: child psychologysports psychologyadolescent psychologyabnormal psychologyanger managementcareers counsellingfamily counsellingcounselling techniques and much more. Exams are available for all modules and may be taken at a location convenient to you.

Psychology is defined as the science of behaviour and mental processes (psyche = soul or mind, logos = study of). It is an academic and applied field involving the study of behaviour, mind and thought. There are many divisions of psychology such as child, sport, abnormal just to name a few. EADL. Distance Learning in Psychology. Biblical Parenting Help Here. UNVAC_World_Report_on_Violence_against_Children. NCBP - Helpful Articles. Effective Parenting: Home Page. Early Intervention Can Improve Low-Income Children's Cognitive Skills and Academic Achievement. These preliminary results caught the attention of Sargent Shriver, President Lyndon Johnson's chief strategist in implementing an arsenal of antipoverty programs as part of the War on Poverty. His idea for a school readiness program for children of the poor focused on breaking the cycle of poverty.

Shriver reasoned that if poor children could begin school on an equal footing with wealthier classmates, they would have a better of chance of succeeding in school and avoiding poverty in adulthood. He appointed a planning committee of 13 professionals in physical and mental health, early education, social work, and developmental psychology. Their work helped shape what is now known as the federal Head Start program. The three developmental psychologists in the group were Urie Bronfenbrenner, Mamie Clark, and Edward Zigler. The Way Things Are. This is part 2 of 6 in the series, Are You with the Right Mate? Romance itself seeds the eventual belief that we have chosen the wrong partner. The early stage of a relationship, most marked by intense attraction and infatuation, is in many ways akin to cocaine intoxication, observes Christine Meinecke, a clinical psychologist in Des Moines, Iowa.

It's orchestrated, in part, by the neurochemicals associated with intense pleasure. Like a cocaine high, it's not sustainable. But for the duration—and experts give it nine months to four years—infatuation has one overwhelming effect: Research shows that it makes partners overestimate their similarities and idealize each other. We're thrilled that he loves Thai food, travel, and classic movies, just like us. Eventually, reality rears its head. You conclude you've married the wrong person—but that's because you're accustomed to thinking, Cinderella-like, that there is only one right person. It's quite another to say, "This is intolerable.